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UNITE STATES PATENT oFiucE.

ALEXANDER G. DUNCAN, DECEASED, LATE E CEDAR RAPIDS, IOYVA; BY HAROLD W. JJUNCAN, ADMINISTRATOR, 03: CEDAR RAPIDS, fill/VA, AESSIGNOB; TO HAROLD W.

DUNCAN, DIE CEDAR RAPIIifi, IOWA.

eoiunrna'riion canteen can.

Application. filed June 17, 1921. Serial No. 478,313.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, HAROLD W. DUNOAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cedar Rapids, county of Linn, State of Iowa,

administrator of the estate of ALEXANDER G.

is specification. 1

This invention relates to garbage caniflytraps.

The object is to provide a trap to be used in connection with a garbage can for catching flies attracted thereto, the said trap being mounted on the movable lid of the can in such manner as to readily permit of the removal of the lid for the purpose of introducing garbage therein, or emptying the same.

Another object is to provide a supportingframe for the can having the trap mounted thereon and also a separate drawer for tin cans or the like, which latter is also capable of being separatelyremoved from the said frame in order to empty the same.

A further object is to provide a fly trap capable of holding a great number of flies and of readily trapping the same while hovin ention may-be obtained from a consideration of the following detailed description,

taken in connection with the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification; it being understood that while the drawing shows a practical form of the invention, the latter is not to be confined to strict conformity therewith, but maybe changed or modified, so long as such changes or modifications marl: no material departure from the-salient features of the invention,

as specifically pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawing, in which similar refer ence characters designate corresponding parts throughout the several figures Figure 1 is a perspective view of a garbage can mounted on a stand equipped with aremovable drawer in the base thereof, said. can having its lid provided with the improved fly trap;

Figure 2 is a top plan viewof the garbage can, the flytrap being'removed therefrom; Figure 3 is avertical section through the garbage can and its supporting stand hav ing the drawer, the fly-trap being shown in side elevation;

Figure 4 is'an enlarged vertical sectional view of the fiytrap;

Figure 5 is a detail sectional view of the inner cone member'of the trap;

Figure 6 is a detail view of the foot portion of one of the supporting members for the flytrap.

In thedrawing there is illustrated a sup porting frame work for the garbage can comprising front and. rear leg members 1 and ,2 respectively, which are joined together in any approved manner by upper and lower longitudinal and transverse strips 3 and 4 which, in turn, support upper andlower floors 5 and 6. The leg members 1 and 2 are further joined by side walls 7 and arear wall 8, thus providing an openended receptacle or housing for an ordinary drawer 9, which is built in the usual manner and which is adapted to freely slide into and out of the said housing, the same being provided on its front wall with any suitable form of handle 10 to facilitate such action.

The bottom floor 6 is preferably spaced short distance above the lower ends of the several legs, in order to elevate the drawer from the ground or other support, and the rear legs 22 are continued above the upper floor 5 a distance substantially equal to the height of the drawer housing, where they are joinedtogether by a longitudinally disposed strip 11 extending across the back of the frame and located slightly below the up per ends of the rear legs, which are further braced by forwardly and downwardly extending inclinedstrips 1-2, suitably secured at their lower ends to the forward corners of the top floor 5, as clearly shown in Figure 1.

The upper floor is adapted to support a garbage can 13 of ordinary construction having the usual diametrically" opposite handles 1 l.1 1 secured thereto, and said can is referably of diameter to freely slide onto the floor 5 and between the inclined braces 12,

the rear cross bar or strip 11 acting as an' abutment for the can to prevent it being. forced too far to the rear.

The lid 15 of the can is preferably formed of sheet metal having a marginal depending flange 16 adapted to fit snugly around the upper open end of the can 13, and said lid is provided with an outstanding, radially-disposed supporting arm17 having an arcuate portion 18 which is adapted to fit and to be riveted or otherwise secured to the flangelti.

One of the rear legs 2 is provided with a swivel post 19, bifurcatedas at 20, for the reception of the outer end of the supporting arm 17 which is pivoted therein, the said pivot being substantially on a level with the top of the can, so that the lid 15 mayrest fiat upon the top of the can 13, as will be clearly understood. By this arrangement,

the lid may be slightly elevated from the body of the can, the pivot and the bifurcated end of the post 19readily permitting of such movement, and then swung in a horizontal path about the swivel post 19, as an axis, to assume aiposition out of the; way of the can, when it is desired to remove the same for the purpose of dumping, as indicated in dotted lines in Figure 1. Vhenin this position the arm 17 will support the lid 15 and its superimposed flytrap by reason of the said arm striking against the bottom of the bifurcated end of the post 19.

The lid 15 is provided, at its center with an elevated boss or support 21, circular in plan, formed by pressing up the metal of the lid, (see Figs. 4 and 5) and provided with a circular opening.22 of considerably less diameter than the boss or support, the said opening being screened by wire gauze 23 extending across the same and secured in any desired manner to the under face of the lid. The opening22 permits odors generated by the garbage within the can, to escape therefrom, while the gauze 23 prevents entrance of flies. I

Anouter frusto-conical, wire gauze trap; member 24, having its lower larger end of somewhat greater diameter than the" diam eter of the boss, is adapted to" be suppo ted; i spaced relation to the upp r" surface of the lid 15 and concentric witli tlie Boss.

The franc-conical member 24115" attained to; and. supported by" crossed lfeg 25, tome-a ar strips of metal bent inter znediate theirferi ds to provide upper; flac pon trons" 26 which fit within th marginaltddwfi rrie fl nge 27 of cap" plate 28; tli' latter being securely riveted to the crossed portions' of the strips and housing within the flange the upper edge of the wire gauze 2st. The lower edge of the wire gauze is located substantially on a level with the boss 21 and is held to the leg members by a. metallic ring 29 suitably riveted thereto.

The lower ends of the legs are provided with feet 30 having entrance Slots 31 (Fig. 6) extending from one edge thereof. said slots being arranged on corres )ondin; sides of the feet and adapted to receive studs 39 rigidly secured to the top side of the can lid. in spaced relation to the plateau. Thumb nuts 33 threaded onto the said studs are adapted to bind the feet 30 rigidly in position, and when it is desired to remove the outer trap member 24; from the lid of the can, it is only necessary to loosen the thumb nuts and turn the legs together with the outer gauze member 24 in a direction to free all of the feet 30 from the studs. when such release may be effected.

A conical wire gauze member 34 is located within the outer member 24 and has its apex provided with an opening 35. and its lower wider edge is of a diameter to snugly fit within the lower portion of said outer member and torest upon and he supported by short metallic strips bent to torm rest; 36 riveted to the lid 15 and of a height suh stantially equal to the height of the boss 2!. When the inner conical member is resting upon the supports 36 and within the mile! gauze member. an annular trap entran e 37 is provided.

Vith the flytrap mounted upon the lid in the manner described. the odors arising from the garbage within the can will attract the flies which find the only entrance through the" passageway 37. when they will crawl up wa'rdly along the inner sides of the inner cone and pass through the restricted openin'g into the interior of the outer gauze member 24, when they become securely trapped.

VVhen' it is desired to assemble the trap upon" the lid of the garbage can, as at the advent of the fly season, it is only necessary to place the inner trap member 34 on the rests 36 and set the outer trap member 24 over the same. engaging slots 31 with studs 32and screwing down the nuts 33.

From the foregoing it will be seen that a simple, cheaply manufactured and easily operated flytrap has been provided for use in connection with garbage cans and that the same may be readily applied to the can when desired or removed therefrom when the 11 est is no longer present.

Wli a"? is claimed is:

1. The combination with a arbage can having a lid provided with an elevated, Subci'rcul ar" boss having a screened fliifig l-i fi li, fi s" of Secured to lllfi llll the lid in spaced relation to the periphery of said boss, an inner wire cone supported by said rests and having an opening at the top and bottom, the opening at the bottom being of greater diameter than said boss, whereby an entrance to said cone is provided between it and the boss, and an outer wire trap body closed at the top and provided with supporting framework detachably secured to the lid above and around the inner cone.

2. The combination of a garbage can having a lid, an inner wire cone removably supported upon the lid so as to provide an entrance into the inner cone at the lower outer edge of the same, said inner cone be ing provided with an opening at the top, an outer wire trap body, and means for supporting the outer trap body upon the lid outside of and independently of the support for the inner cone, said means providing for the ready detachment of the outer body from the lid.

8. The combination of a garbage can having a lid provided with an elevated circular boss having an opening communicating with the interior of the can, an inner wire cone mounted above said boss, means for supporting said inner cone so that the bottom of said inner cone projects above the periphery of said boss and provides an entrance for flies into said cone, the latter being provided with a fly entrance at the top, an outer wire body mounted above the inner body and surrounding the same, and means for detachably supporting the outer body in place, the lower edges of the inner cone and outer body being substantially on a line with the upper surface of said boss, and the supporting means permitting separate and independent attachment and detach ment of the cone and body.

t. The combination of a garbage can having a lid provided with a gauze-covered opening surrounded by an elevated circular support, a series of rests secured to the lid in spaced relation to the margin of the support, an inner cone formed of wire mesh andhaving an opening at its apex, said cone being adapted to be placed upon the rests with its lower edge in spaced relation to the support, to provide a circumferential opening, an outer gauze cone closed at its top and having a supporting frame-work comprising legs terminating in feet having open-ended slots and adapted to be placed over and around the inner cone, with its wider edge lowermost and in hugging relation to the outer edge of the inner cone,

the lower edges of the inner and outer cones being on a level with the surface of the support, and studs carried by the lid and adapted to enter the said slots of the feet and equipped with thumb nuts for holding the frame and cones in position.

In testimony, that I claim the foregoing as the invention of ALEXANDER G. DUNoAN, I have hereto affixed my signature.

HAROLD W. DUNCAN. Administrator of the estate of Alexander G. Duncan, deceased. 

